Baoding: Sakyamuni Buddha
Gilt bronze
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Baoding: Sakyamuni Buddha
CHINA, Hebei, Baoding; Northern Wei dynasty
The statue was discovered in Mengcun, a village within Baoding. Sakyamuni Buddha stands on an inverted lotus pedestal with the right hand in abhaya (fearlessness) mudra. The monastic robe leaves the right shoulder bare and clings about the legs. Surrounded by a flaming mandorla, the aureole and lotus nimbus interlock and are surrounded by a flaming mandorla. The pedestal is supported by a four-legged stand with incised seated Buddhas. An inscription is located at the bottom right-hand corner of the stand states Zhang Cidai commissioned the statue in 475.
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture A-F, page 117.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Baoding: Sakyamuni Buddha." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture A-F, vol. 10, 2016, pp. 117.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Yann Lovelock, Yuan Chou, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Baoding: Sakyamuni Buddha" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture A-F, 10:117.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Lovelock, Y., Chou, Y., Huntington, S., Edson, G., & Neather, R.. (2016). Baoding: Sakyamuni Buddha. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture A-F (Vol. 10, pp. 117).
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